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THE ASTRONOMER Electronic Circular No 1314      1998 Jun 20 19.26UT
Ed:Guy M Hurst, 16,Westminster Close, Kempshott Rise,  Basingstoke,
Hants, RG22 4PP,England.Telephone/FAX(01256)471074Int:+441256471074
INTERNET: GUY@TAHQ.DEMON.CO.UK             GMH at AST.STAR.RL.AC.UK
WORLD WIDE WEB                    http://www.demon.co.uk/astronomer
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NOVA OPHIUCHI 1998
An e-chart and preliminary sequence follows for the nova reported
on E1312 and E1313:

\\\\\\N Oph 98  b       Discovered by Takamizawa
S,400,9,S
P,17h 32.0m  -19 14'  (2000)
-C,17.5331,-19.2322,2000
O,200,200,9.5,?
-L,R,nova
-T,Nova Seq:A-E:Tycho/F-G:GSC
-S,N/037.01
R,8.69,77,153,A
R,9.54,320,258,B
R,9.94,353,164,C
R,10.75,235,130,D
R,10.83,247,262,E
R,11.6,193,202,F
R,12.5,195,208,G,R
M,9,74,330
M,10,377,308,364,13,359,135,239,43,199,313,130,12,61,82
M,11,243,290,240,176,9,111,334,296,279,204,174,105,318,368
M,11,154,101,377,295,99,81,35,84,257,77,360,160
M,11,253,41,75,370,94,312,367,214,162,42,27,125
M,11,59,22,392,188,251,204,270,156,278,76,124,155,247,235
M,11,324,266
M,12,312,4,14,2,127,3,209,141,315,96,154,142,23,329
M,12,315,390,282,333,324,257,359,127,197,58,36,272,291,9
M,12,335,327,307,101,115,33,374,53,349,289,138,300,336,106
M,12,192,255,283,124,97,270,253,308,105,30,97,15,246,196
M,12,303,96,203,70,379,136,129,149,385,34,43,298,351,180
M,12,397,130,92,293,135,181,312,39,318,303,257,130
M,12,281,239,158,89,96,92,88,370,243,87,363,125,15,222
M,12,377,52,380,109,308,72,308,73
M,13,124,6,102,329,112,134,390,169,266,94,210,301,243,141
M,13,189,58,393,259,191,172,130,67,341,15,184,24,270,119
M,13,248,234,194,29,126,94,294,256,342,312,181,121,254,205
M,13,336,93,256,322,76,370,275,195,33,384,81,198,4,385
M,13,336,180,399,45,363,380,244,185,228,188,334,11,240,184
M,13,6,177,162,163,386,174,39,19,47,203,191,45
M,13,386,110,203,233,95,361,337,106,390,116,17,42,225,252
M,13,65,251,82,70,338,303
E,146
////// Basic chart automatically generated by CHART ver 1.6

Taichi Kato, Japan mentions that the position of the nova,
derived by Hanzl (cf E1313) is very close to that of
USNO0675.13305963 of red magnitude 16.8. The end figures
are:
        RA          Dec
nova    59.79 s     56.0 "
USNO    59.788s     55.04"

If the objects turn out to be the same star then the amplitude
is small which means that there is a possibility the nova
could be recurrent over relatively short time scales. A search
of earlier patrol shots would be desirable.

Guy M Hurst